Retailer says cost-cutting drive will affect thousands of roles but headcount will stay the same
Sainsbury’s is stripping out thousands of management jobs from its stores to save money as it faces an intensifying grocery price war.
On Tuesday, Sainsbury’s staff were told that it plans to axe the roles of deputy manager, department manager, team leader and store supervisor, a shake-up that puts thousands of jobs at risk. It is replacing deputies with a smaller number of operations managers. The other, more junior, management roles, are being combined under the new title of customer and trading manager.